More than 8 million New York households are being sent inflation refund checks for the first time ever. On Friday, Sept. 26, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that inflation refund checks for up to $400 ...

Social Security checks are going paperless starting Tuesday, Sept. 30. Because of an executive order issued in March 2025, federal benefit payments will primarily be issued electronically, with paper ...

Ida Mae Fuller got the first Social Security check in 1940. Now, 85 years later, the last beneficiaries to receive paper Social Security checks will get theirs in the mail in September. President ...

President Donald Trump continues to float the prospect of $2,000 tariff rebate checks in 2026. During a Dec. 2 cabinet meeting, he doubled down on the idea of "refunds out of the tariffs." "We're ...

Speculation of $1,390 direct deposit relief payments and other new stimulus check amounts in September for low-and middle-income taxpayers has been debunked by the Internal Revenue Service. However, ...

President Donald Trump's recent order to the Treasury Department to stop issuing paper checks for federal disbursements paves the way for banks to try to curtail paper check use among customers. Paper ...

President Trump has vowed to send $2,000 tariff “dividend” checks to most Americans by the 2026 midterms – but some Republicans are questioning how the president will get the funds for the payouts.

A proposal to send $2,000 dividends to U.S. residents would cost about $600 billion for a single round of payments. The plan would be funded by new tariff revenue, which is projected to generate only ...